259 ratings (4.41 avg)
60 reviews

Star

Add friend

Star’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (525)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (258)

race-social-justice‎ (12)

Stats | More…

Star’s Quotes

“Old age ain't no place for sissies.”
― Bette Davis

tags: age

171 likes

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

tags: authors, creative-process, struggle, writers, writing

3686 likes

“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

295 likes

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

tags: adventure, death, life

5823 likes

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

2446 likes

More of Star’s quotes…